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Head of Test Automation

London, England, GBFull-time£108k–£162k2026-10-24 → 2026-11-10

Core

Provide strategic, technical, and organizational leadership for the bank's test automation and quality engineering capability across Sales and Trading technology business platforms.

Role type

Director/Senior Engineering Manager (Test Automation)

Builds

Scalable automated testing across trading, risk, pricing, P&L, market data, and eTrading systems.

Domain

Financial Services / Investment Banking / Markets Technology

Required skills

Java, BDD, Cucumber, Selenium, Playwright, REST/API testing, CI/CD, DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Team Leadership, Enterprise Architecture

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Cucumber, Gherkin, Selenium, Playwright, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift

Responsibilities

Define and execute the test automation strategy and engineering standards; Lead adoption of BDD using Cucumber and Gherkin; Lead a team of 10+ quality assurance testers and automation engineers; Drive the shift from manual regression to automated continuous testing; Establish reusable automation frameworks and governance; Recruit and retain strong engineering talent.

Seniority

Director/Senior Engineering Manager